Ex-official In Missouri Eyes Miami

A.J. Wilson, former city manager of Kansas City, Mo., is in the running for the same position in Miami, and is said by one Miami city commissioner to be a strong candidate for the job.

``He is a very, very strong candidate,`` Miami City Commissioner J.L. Plummer told the Kansas City Times. Plummer and three other city commissioners interviewed Wilson, one of eight semifinalists for the Florida job, Friday.

Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre on Saturday also planned to interview Wilson, according to one of the mayor`s assistants, Nestor Toledo. The mayor and four city commissioners plan to meet March 1 to decide on a new city manager.

Wilson, who came to Kansas City from Santa Ana, Calif., resigned from the city manager`s job in Kansas City last November under pressure from members of the City Council, who agreed to nearly $100,000 in severance pay.